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  The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet           

  It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

  

  NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

   While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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    This invasive fish population is exploding as native Blue Crab populations hit record lows.

    The invasive species in question is the blue catfish, a species so large it has become known as the “River Monster of the Potomac ” and other Read More »

  • Stubborn fire burns aboard fishing boat at Port Townsend Boat Haven

    Peninsula Daily News – PORT TOWNSEND — A commercial fishing vessel on the ground at the Boat Haven caught fire when welding sparks ignited combustible material Read More »

  • NOAA regional office eyes 5-year priorities (I say Layoffs should be priority #1!)

    The draft of a five-year strategic plan developed by NOAA’s Gloucester-based Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office is short on specifics and long — very long — Read More »
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    The Case: Defamation suit marks shift in fight over lobstering – MLA says Seafood Watch assessment intentionally misstates facts

    A University of Maine Law School professor says it’s unlikely a judge or jury will actually settle the science around lobstering’s impact on North Atlantic right Read More »
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    Jury awards lobsterman nearly $850,000 over botched hernia surgery at EMMC

    A Penobscot County jury on Thursday awarded an Ellsworth man nearly $850,000 for a botched hernia operation that required additional hospitalizations to correct and kept him Read More »
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    NL Groundfish Industry Development Council can’t support federal cod stock rebuilding program

    The Newfoundland and Labrador Groundfish Industry Development Council says it can’t support the federal government’s recently announced cod stock rebuilding plan, saying it’s overly restrictive and will not Read More »

  • Coast Guard searches for 35-year-old fisherman Benjamin Sorrells off Alabama coast

    NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for a missing crewman from the fishing vessel AC III, 58 miles south of Mobile Bay, Ala., Read More »

  • Ruling forces discussions on breaching Snake River dams to save salmon

    A federal judge is forcing discussion of a radical step to save endangered salmon: taking out four dams on the Lower Snake River. The public will Read More »
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    “I did not give up hope. I just kept on searching,”- Boat captain rescues lost Whitehouse fishermen

    Seven fishermen who were lost at sea for more than a week were reunited with families in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, yesterday after being saved by a seaman Read More »

  • Divvying up more sea floor for possible future wave energy devices riles commercial fishermen at TSP meeting in Newport.

    future wave energy devices, many of which are not yet fully designed, manufactured or tested. Read More »

  • Stone crab season in SWFL

    Stone Crab season is in its fifth week, and crabbers say the beginning was a bit rough. Frank Rogues is a master crab catcher for Pinchers Read More »

  • Northeast Region Bulletin: ATLANTIC HERRING FISHERY Reduction in Area 1A Quota

    Effective Date: March 27, 2013 Due to an overage in herring management Area 1A in 2011, we have adjusted the 2013 sub-ACL (annual catch limit/quota) in Area Read More »

  • FISHERMEN OPPOSE INDUSTRIALISATION OF OUR OCEANS

    “The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) remains steadfast in its opposition to the industrialisation of our oceans, despite the shrinking of the original proposed lease Read More »

  • D.B. Pleschner: Sardines are not being overfished

    In recent weeks, sardines have been a hot news topic again. Environmental groups like Oceana complain that the sardine population is collapsing just like it did Read More »

  • The World’s Biggest Fishers Agree To Catch Less Tuna – Greenpeace immediately denounced the reduction

    Asia-Pacific fishing nations and territories agreed on Thursday to cut catches  of young bluefin tuna by 15 percent, with an agreement environmentalists said  would not stop Read More »

  • Second man charged over L’Ecume II sinking

    A second man has been charged with connection with the States of Jersey Police investigation into the collision between the Jersey trawler L’Ecume II and the Read More »
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    The Deadliest Catch has been a huge success story for Captain Sig Hansen

    American captain Sig Hansen is the leading figure behind the fishing vessel named F/V Northwestern. Sig Hansen’s net worth is estimated to be $4 million. Sig Read More »

  • First federally permitted offshore mussel aquaculture project on east coast soon to get underway

    The first shellfish aquaculture project permitted in federal waters off the U.S. east coast is expected to begin operating next spring.  Scientists and fishermen are partnering Read More »
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    My mom made waves as captain of her lobster boat. I’m proud to be her deckhand

    A sou’easter blew with force, stronger by the second, making the waves choppy and short. My mom, laughing as she tends to in these situations, said, Read More »
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    At seiners’ meeting, demonstrators call to ‘Protect the Herring’

    Seiners gathered over the weekend in preparation for the Sitka Sac Roe herring fishery, and while they met to hear updates from the Alaska Department of Read More »

  • Letter: Fish ‘reopenings’ another false premise- Captain PAUL COHAN F/V Sasquatch

    To the editor: All through the fisheries “crises’” over the past 25 years, the New England Fishery Management Council has always left the offshore fleet somewhere Read More »

  • Mayor Mitchell advocates for scallopers

    Mayor Jon Mitchell is advocating for the New England Fishery Management Council to open the Northern edge scallop grounds to New Bedford commercial fishermen. In a Read More »

  • 23-pound lobster caught in N.B.

    A whopping 23-pound lobster was caught off the coast of St. Martin’s, New Brunswick. He’s estimated to be more than 100 years old. Alma Lobster Shop Read More »
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    UPDATE: U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation into loss of F/V Scandies Rose has postponed Pubic Hearing

    The U.S. Coast Guard has postponed the public hearing, part of the larger investigation into circumstances surrounding the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel (F/V) Scandies Read More »
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    Relatives believe a submarine may have cause the sinking of the trawler Bugaled Breizh

    The inquest into the deaths of two French fishermen who died when the trawler Bugaled Breizh sank in 2004, will be reopened later this year. Previous Read More »

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